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...Law??s handpicked council has said that if it settles with the 86 victims, other claims would almost certainly be raised and the total cost of the settlements would skyrocket. Despite the heavy financial burden this restitution would impose and the large number of other people who have accused clergymen, these victims deserve complete compensation; in many cases, the church knew about priests’ pedophilia and yet kept reassigning them to local churches, when any reasonable observer could determine that more children might be at risk. The archdiocese’s backpedaling after an agreement was reached...
...defendants rail against the injustice of their lot and then proceed with the trial. These tribunals, after all, are not about “equal justice under the law??—for there is no law. The tribunals are a politically motivated means to punish those who have committed terrible crimes for which they are not otherwise accountable...
State financial aid for religous schools does not violate the separation of church and state, argued James A. Sonne, assistant professor of law at Ave Maria School of Law??a Catholic school in Michigan—at a speech Friday...
...energy and time she puts into thinking about sexual violence against women comes out in the “Women, Violence and the Law?? class she teaches twice a week...
Beyond unfairly punishing drug offenders, the federal law??s flaws also include a class bias. The majority of drug arrests in the United States occur in low-income areas, where police enforcement is at its highest. Although drug use is prevalent among members of all socio-economic classes, law enforcement’s focus on poorer areas creates a risk imbalance between communities of different economic character. The law, by targeting individuals convicted of drug offenses, is more likely to affect poor drug users than rich ones. Furthermore, even when wealthier students are convicted of drug offenses...